I tell people that it’s a series of books that combine SF and humor.
That works.
It's kind of a foundational text of pop culture.
But not theirs.
Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
dcp - Jan 06, 2021 4:34:09 pm PST #26378 of 28175
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
EpicTangent - Jan 07, 2021 8:11:10 am PST #26379 of 28175
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I tell people that it’s a series of books that combine SF and humor.
This should be sufficient, I would think. If they haven't already discovered it by now (whenever "now" is in their presumably adult lives), it's probably just not their beautiful cake*.
*Which is another example of the point. I don't remember what that reference is from, but I still get the reference.
chrismg - Jan 07, 2021 9:47:48 am PST #26380 of 28175
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I'm not sure I ever knew where "my beautiful cake" came from, (A song, I think?) I just absorbed it from the Internet.
-t - Jan 07, 2021 10:31:36 am PST #26381 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think it's actually from shrift. Re: fanfic
Jessica - Jan 07, 2021 10:36:39 am PST #26382 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think it's actually from shrift. Re: fanfic
That sounds right. I *think* it may have been a riff/mashup of Once In A Lifetime (this is not my beautiful house/wife/etc) + Portal (the cake is a lie)?
Amy - Jan 07, 2021 11:34:01 am PST #26383 of 28175
Because books.
My kid had to explain "the cake is a lie" to me.
Between Christmas and work and attempted coups, my reading has been nonexistent for weeks, but I'm still living The Monsters of Templeton. Undecided on my next read, although maybe the Immortalists? I'm like 76th in line at the library for The Once and Future Witches.
-t - Jan 07, 2021 11:47:25 am PST #26384 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm reading a longish series in Kindle Unlimited that I don't care very much about - I want to find out what happens next enough to keep reading but I have no emotional investment in any of the characters - and that might be the best thing for me right now
The Once and Future Witches is so good.
Cashmere - Jan 07, 2021 3:16:23 pm PST #26385 of 28175
Now tagless for your comfort.
I read this children's book at work this morning and started SOBBING out loud at the desk.
Ooof. [link]
Toddson - Jan 08, 2021 6:56:27 am PST #26386 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Years ago, I got a Hitchhikers Guide computer game. It came with a "don't panic" button and danger-sensitive glasses (solid black cardboard).
Calli - Jan 08, 2021 9:55:59 am PST #26387 of 28175
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I just started The Secrets We Kept, for my book group. It’s pretty good so far. It’s about women spies during the Cold War.